
doi: 10.1007/bf02571345
For an arbitrary Witt ring R it is shown that the Picard group Pic(R) is isomorphic to the ideal class group. Exact sequences of K-theory then may be used to improve earlier results on the ideal class group (which required R to have only finitely many orderings). Analysis of one such sequence shows that if s is the reduced stability index of R and e is the exponent of Pic(R) then \(e=\max \{1,2^{s-2}\}\) whenever e or s is finite. In particular \(Pic(R)=1\) (that is, all invertible ideals are principal) if and only if \(s\leq 2\). A complete computation of Pic(R) is also given for R with only finitely many orderings. This involves K- theory and Marshall's classification of finitely generated reduced Witt rings.
510.mathematics, Witt groups of rings, finitely many orderings, Witt ring, Picard group, Stability for quadratic modules, Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings, K-theory, Article, reduced stability index
510.mathematics, Witt groups of rings, finitely many orderings, Witt ring, Picard group, Stability for quadratic modules, Algebraic theory of quadratic forms; Witt groups and rings, K-theory, Article, reduced stability index
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